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Death of a Director:  Bahram Beyzai, Pioneer of Iran’s New Age Cinema
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Death of a Director: Bahram Beyzai, Pioneer of Iran’s New Age Cinema

Fariba Amini

After much struggle with censorship and pressure, he finally left Iran in 2010

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“Through the Seventh Gate:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:31

“Through the Seventh Gate:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:31

12/30/2025 By Juan Cole

Confirmed: Epstein-Dershowitz Campaign against Mearsheimer-Walt’s ‘The Israel Lobby’

Confirmed: Epstein-Dershowitz Campaign against Mearsheimer-Walt’s ‘The Israel Lobby’

12/30/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Exploding Pagers Operation against Hezbollah was a Highly Illegal Booby Trap

Israel’s Exploding Pagers Operation against Hezbollah was a Highly Illegal Booby Trap

By Mary Ellen O’Connell, University of Notre Dame | – (The Conversation) – The operation that used pagers and walkie-talkies to kill members of the […]

The Conversation

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The American Dream isn’t Dead; but it’s on Life Support

The American Dream isn’t Dead; but it’s on Life Support

Portland, Or. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In the run-up to the 2024 Presidential election, the concept of the American Dream has become more […]

Thom Hartmann

Afghanistan
Afghan Women have been robbed of Health Care, Education and now their Voices. But they won’t remain Silent

Afghan Women have been robbed of Health Care, Education and now their Voices. But they won’t remain Silent

By Susan Hutchinson, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – Last month, the Taliban passed a new “vice and virtue” law, making it illegal […]

The Conversation

Cyber Warfare
From Stuxnet to Gospel to Pager Bombs, Israel is leading the Weaponization of the digital World

From Stuxnet to Gospel to Pager Bombs, Israel is leading the Weaponization of the digital World

By Ibrahim Al-Marashi ( The National ) – A series of pager explosions across Lebanon, and secondary attacks on walkie-talkies the following day, have killed […]

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

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Does Israel’s Weaponizing of Hezbollah Pagers signal the Start of a Regional War?

Does Israel’s Weaponizing of Hezbollah Pagers signal the Start of a Regional War?

Israel’s massive cyber-attack on Lebanon on 17 and 18 September, with the near-simultaneous explosion of 3,000-4,000 pagers and walkie-talkies, has killed a few dozen Hezbollah […]

Farhang Jahanpour

Sudan
Sudan’s civilians urgently need protection: the options for international peacekeeping

Sudan’s civilians urgently need protection: the options for international peacekeeping

By Jenna Russo, City University of New York | – (The Conversation) – In September 2024, the United Nations’ independent fact-finding mission to Sudan issued […]

The Conversation

Health Care
For-Profit US Healthcare System—Once Again—Ranks Dead Last Among Its Peers

For-Profit US Healthcare System—Once Again—Ranks Dead Last Among Its Peers

Jake Johnson ( Commondreams ) – A report out Thursday shows that the United States’ for-profit healthcare system still ranks dead last among peer nations […]

Common Dreams

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Water, War and Women in Gaza

Water, War and Women in Gaza

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In late 2020, a report titled Saving Gaza Begins with its Water stated: The water crisis in […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Hizbullah
Israel's Booby-Trapped Pagers wound Thousands, many Innocent Lebanese Civilians, Contravening Int'l Law

Israel’s Booby-Trapped Pagers wound Thousands, many Innocent Lebanese Civilians, Contravening Int’l Law

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Thousands of pagers simultaneously exploded across Lebanon and parts of Syria on September 17, 2024, resulting in at least 12 […]

Human Rights Watch

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